What Happened to Mad Max (The Game)?

[@MadMaxBible]

That was awesome, and thanks for the shoutout! Yeah this game is.... it's a good game but it's like a copy of something much better that was never completed. Which is what essentially happened. I recently talked to Cory Barlog who worked with George Miller on the true Fury Road tie-in game and he told me that this 2015 Avalanche game was built on the skeleton of what they were working on. Barlog and Miller came up with Scrotus and Chumbucket for their game. The story was obviously lifted from the official comic books (which Cory didn't read he told me so I urged him to check it out). But the worst offense from WB was that they didn't care what they were putting in their game. Furiosa is coming out in a year, so imagine this - this game showed us the main villain of Furiosa some odd... what, 8 years before the next film? No wonder George Miller's name is not in this game. There's a whole mission exploring 'Dementus' tomb' which also has spoilers about the upcoming film ON THE WALLS OF THE CAVE! I kid you not, go and visit that location and look at the murals - it's depicting a wasteland war between the Immortan and Dementus' gang over Gastown. They had the nerve to put that in the game. There are also other things, like Scrotus who will also show up in the next film but damn.... It's not as much as just butchering source material when it comes to the story. It's stomping all over it without any respect for the man who created it.

[@albertoperusquia6044]

No wonder why Warner Bros is sinking right now, they are bunch of corporate dicks you will only see in a parody 🙄 Also, as bad as I want a sequel, it seems that the greatness of the project was due to Miller and Barlog like you pointed out. Since I played the game when it released I had that strange feeling that it was an awesome and fun game with good ideas but made with laziness or something that I could not describe that stopped the whole game from reaching it´s true potential. Now I know the reason why, thank you.

[@MadMaxBible]

@@albertoperusquia6044 Yeah WB is full of brilliant ideas like that. They wanted to release Fury Road without the Citadel scenes, imagine that! They thought the whole movie was done after they filmed the main parts in Namibia (which are the chase scenes mostly). George Miller had to film the Citadel scenes in Sydney by WB were like - nope, the movie is done, ready to go! Miller fought tooth and nail to finish filming it because the film was not complete. WB wanted to release a film without the beginning and ending, that's how clueless they are! And it goes beyond that too. For example - we were going to get some decent quality Fury Road merch - figures from NECA (I know ppl say they're quality is not the best but bear with me). After WB took over the merch side of things after the rains in Broken Hill in 2010 (just like they took over the game) - they decided to release those Funkopop figures - which is the most low effort thing anyone can do - because it saved them money. And barely any merch at all besides that. There's about 80 vehicles in this film that people would love to have models of and they didn't care about it! They really are clueless. The game is yet another piece of this crappy puzzle. Goes to show that creative and corporate don't mix.

[@albertoperusquia6044]

@@MadMaxBible Oh yeah, I heard about that NECA story back in the day. They don´t realize the gold mine they have with Mad Max if they make the proper deals with the license to produce merchandise. Instead they make funko pops, these guys are beyond me.

[@austinsavage5962]

Love your videos and i had no clue they did those things for this game im gonna look at this game in a different light now

[@StylePoints14]

@@MadMaxBible It is not even the creativities they are lacking, but they fail to even understand their own market and get the money piles they could have gotten. They could have gotten so much money from this game and merchandise. I am glad though, because Hollyweird needs to fail.

[@Chrisack593]

My favorite thing about this game is that WB was so confident that the game would sell super well that they added a DLC opinion in the main menu and then proceeded to never add DLC to the game.

[@golden3065]

If I remember there was only like one or two main dlcs and they were decoration and a car.

[@Chrisack593]

@@golden3065 I've only played the steam verson and it doesn't have any of that, but if that's the case that kinda makes it extra funny.

[@golden3065]

@@Chrisack593 funny enough both the car and hood ornaments were rockstar energy. The car you had to get through a race

[@1738-l1j]

@@Chrisack593 im on steam nd it has the dlc with the game...

[@bluscout1857]

Imagine if there was dlc, what do you guys think it would be/could have been?

[@Ze_N00B]

Personally, I liked the ending. Ending it off with Max essentially back where he started fits well with the theme of despair and guilt. Plus, having it essentially function as "just another day" for him feels unabashedly badass.

[@zufieusagi7509]

I always felt that the game served as a prequal to Fury Road.

[@MrRAGE-md5rj]

I'm told that was the intention, but I always it as happening in tandem. Max Hardy is out saving pretty girls while the REAL Max is having his own journey in the unforgiving wasteland, under the thumb of Immortan Joe's 3rd son, Scabrous Scrotous.

[@willc3697]

I like the idea that Max is one of those characters who has very precise goals, but something always gets in the way, and he either beats it up, blows it up, helps it turn into a prosperous community, or slaughters it just to move a single step closer to his goal. He’s the kind of guy who travels through a Warzone and overthrows a government just to get a gallon of milk.

[@TripleXMango]

I just finished the campaign for the first time since beating it upon release, and yeah, it really suits the tone they went for IMO. Every moment of the game is sad and depressing story wise, and it feels very natural. We as the player have that complete lack of hope for anything good for most of the game, until the end of Act 3, when we learn more about Hope, and begin our hunt for Glory. Having forgot the story from there, I felt myself really feeling the hope come back, I would kill Scrotus, get the girls, and take them and the Magnum Opus somewhere new. Then, in one twist, all that is stolen. Max is forced to confront his truth, that no one around him can be trusted, and he can never change who he is, or the path he is on. It matches the tone from early part of the game, and CRUSHES any hope you feel as Max. I quite enjoy how Max kind of comes off as a neutral force by the end. He achieved essentially nothing, set himself days behind on his plans to leave the waste, sort of murders Chumbucket, the traitor, for no real reason, and loses the car he just spent so much time and effort on. That moment of him sitting behind the wheel of the black on black and just taking a breath before tearing off is perfect. Max has learned nothing, except maybe to keep to himself from now on. A few camps are doing better now thanks to him, but hundreds of people are also dead or dying because of him.

[@TheZohan907]

I agree

[@roys.1889]

Can we all just agree that Chumbucket was one of the coolest characters in that game? I swear he's only a few cybernetic implants away from becoming a 40k Mechanicus nerd and probably can outdo most of them through sheer know-how. His Angel Combustion is an avatar of the Omnisiah and he is one of its greatest worshipers.

[@launch4]

That and half of all the other inhabitants of the wasteland are digganobz. That scene with the maw is straight out of GorkaMorka.

[@launch4]

@@88HAILSTONE I tried dozens of times to make him say that again!

[@biosaber585]

@@launch4 regularly enter on the wrong side of the car, Chum will start spouting it a LOT because you're doing it wrong

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

he annoyed the shit out of me honestly.. plus you know even in a world as fucked up as that one, that he stank worst than most.. his only redeeming feature was fixing the car in the middle of a fight..

[@roys.1889]

@@ripvanwinkle2002 you're genuinely the first person I've seen that dislikes him. Why?

[@gorboobus9292]

This game is such an underrated gem and the fact that it didn’t get any dlc is such a shame

[@AC-hj9tv]

Bro fr

[@shalindelta7]

It was overshadowed by MGS5, simple as that.

[@lutherheggs451]

Its really not. Its extremely mid at best, the combat is kind of a joke, the gas is cool and all but goes way too quick, its a constant boring fetch quest and your doing the same like 5 missions over and over and over for way too many hours.

[@Спойлерщик]

This game has flaws, constant grind is becoming boring… But overall - it’s pretty good, feelings similar to Rise of the Tomb Raider 2013.

[@durandol]

The thing about Max not changing from the beginning of the game to the end is.. kind of the point? All these stories, from books, to movies, to games, involve some kind of character growth. But Max.. isn't a character. He is a vehicle (haha) that drives the plot forward around actual characters. He shows up, interacts with the locals, hijinks ensue, then off he goes. If he changed then he wouldn't really be "The Road Warrior" anymore. This mythical entity that is spoken of around camp fires, that may or may not even exist. For Mad Max to work he kind of *has* to stay static. Because that's how the stories are told. Not the one's we're told, but the ones this world tells. Looking at Max from the lens of these wasteland wackos he almost seems like an urban legend rather than a normal man.

[@tuckerelliott6056]

I see your point but as he said it stands alone in its own universe they could have easily made a better ending but all they did basically is "everyone is dead and its all your fault"completely ignoring basically the entire reason for the game play just to end up back where you started. mentally unstable but with the interceptor...like they don't even let you drive up to the convoy I believe I think it is just a cut scene that happens and boom big war rig and scrotum in your face...also they completely through out the unchanging part in the window in fury road

[@zambekiller]

​@@tuckerelliott6056counter point fury road wasn't truly a mad max movie it was a furyosa movie and Max just happened to be in it

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

disagree strongly. his growth as a person is clearly documented in the real Mad max movies ( not that last abomination which was Mad Mary Sue) he started as an idealistic kid fresh on the police force thinking it was a game then he lost his kid and wife.. then he had to learn to find humanity again and he did, twice more.. but now hes suddenly just this psychopath? im not buying it. its lazy as shit writing..

[@kg_canuck]

@tuckerelliott6056 All the Mad Max movies basically take place in their own universe. The only connections are really Max's car, outfit, and knee brace.

[@turtl3h3rm1t]

Well said, to compare it a little to Dragonball, Goku plays a similar role. While he does learn new techniques and interact with others, he remains the same person in order to drive the plot as a circular character.

[@nuggetsschumaker4371]

this is a diamond in the middle of the games. The playtime is great, and the story is badass. Really good game, 10/10.

[@shalindelta7]

What i don't understand is how Avalanche Studios made solid gameplay and driving mechanics like this and then wemt back to complete dogshit controls for Just Cause 4.

[@joedingo7022]

@@shalindelta7 Man there's an insult to the gaming industry I haven't thought about in a while until watching this video, played the crap out of 3 but 4 just fell like a sack of bricks.

[@lutherheggs451]

The playtime is awful. That mid as hell game was like 30hrs long and the majority of it was fetch quests. Fetching gas, fetching parts, fetching collectables. People really need to stop this 10/10 crap too, NO the game is not perfect and nowhere near deserving of a perfect score. the game is mid, it was a big dead map with not much going on, doing the same 5 missions over and over again, the combat is basic at best. At its best its a 6/10 mediocre game, not bad, but not great and its way too long and drawn out with the constant fetch garbage.

[@princetchalla2441]

The 6/10 feels fair, but for me it was everything I wanted along with the badass shotgun mechanics that tied into the fist fights perfectly. Also having the car worked on mid chase and having to jump out of the vehicle and finish some of them off with a shotgun blast to the fuel tank was a lot of fun. That makes the 6/10 game a 10/10 for me. Story could've been better, and I would've liked to see Chumbucket live, but it has everything I like in a game that makes me want to come back and keep playing. Collectables are also pretty much optional and fetch quests are pretty fun when you're getting chased while also forcing you to switch it up in vehicles so I think its perfect tbh. Most of the objectives being optional while letting you max out a build with little grinding sold me on this game

[@ChrisHarmon1]

​@@lutherheggs451I personally hate buying a game first day because I love the concept and have it be over in two 5 hour sessions, so 30 hours even with "fetch" quests is fine as long as there is a little bit of story to go along with them. I don't mind grinding a bit to take over territory either because I know it can't be all story and cut scenes, otherwise just watch a 2 hour movie.

[@llmkursk8254]

Honestly, hearing the story, it just kinda… Clicks, for me. Sure, lot of points are stupid. But, same happens in the Mad Max movies. And, honestly, it’s nice to see Max actually keep the Interceptor beyond just the first film.

[@smokedbeefandcheese4144]

Totally agree

[@averagepizzaenjoyer5681]

some of it genuinely sucks, but some of it isn't SUPPOSED to make sense. MAX has gone MAD. everyone else is crazy too.

[@vsGoliath96]

Oh yeah, the story is just fine for a Mad Max entry. I agree with the majority of people that Hope and Glory definitely needed some work. Either better writing or more time to actually get to know them. Not the end of the world though and we've all seen much worse.

[@marley7868]

@@vsGoliath96 my personal thoughts on them are I buy max cares

[@ZAKXOXOXO]

after many years of good bad old gems dies i realize that not everygame/show story has to make sense as long as they're good and enjoyable

[@mrviking2mcall212]

This game, Fallout 4, and Just Cause 3 were my holy trifecta throughout high school. Even made a stop motion video for class based off a mission from Mad Max using Hot Wheels and plasticine.

[@sethteamcrashgaming1770]

man I wish I thought of that when I did that assignment instead I did a monster truck race using mini Knex monster trucks in a Figure 8 stadium

[@WiseOwl_1408]

Nice 👍

[@themchannel853]

The equivalent of that for me was Halo Reach, Arkham Asylum and Alan Wake. Feeling kinda old now 💀

[@AlwaysSullied]

I've always wished the Dev's would just give this game mod support. I'd PAY for a trickle of replayability at the end of this game. My favorite parts were just the insane car combat when you get more than 4 heavily armored vehicles making you sweat as you thread the needle. A New Game+ or just an Endless Wave mode would have made this game an easy 10/10 imo.

[@osuhog.2008]

This and a better end-boss fight. I let out the most gratuitous sigh imaginable whenever I threw a couple of funny sticks and he immediately bit the dust

[@lekdenwimkida]

I think there's replayability on it the history was so unremarkable that I was able to play 176hrs of it, almost like those old movies that you always rewatch on Christmas Lmao

[@athenian221]

Agree , what I do is take on convoys (just found out there's a 1st-person view) but I don't kill the main vehicle and let them drive off. Grinding for scrap

[@theRPGmaster]

I've thought this for years. I think the game is moddable, but it's so unknown, nobody is trying. I could probably do it, but it's demotivating knowing that not many would use the mods. (this is my favorite game, I bought it twice, FYI)

[@KoalaTContent]

Then make the mods for the people like yourself that want the experience!@@theRPGmaster

[@EgggPriest]

If you fully complete pink eyes quest then go to the gas station she gives you a picture of it has a secret set of wheels which are the best in the game, I was able to put the best pieces of armor on my car and still have positive handling because of this which is so good

[@danculp3136]

This game does car destruction justice. Is it "realistic?" No. Is it rad as hell? Hell yeah brothrr

[@CBRN-115]

Definitely shiny and chrome grade

[@heimvar]

Been doing barrelrolls offa cliffs into scarecrows n shit having a blast hahahahaha if it was realistic it'd be booooring

[@danielhomant2832]

One of my best car kills was during a mid game convoy battle. I did a couple side bashes and as I bounce of the right vehicle, harpoon the left one. This caused it to flip as soon as it went over a cliff, only to explode gloriously top first while flying sideways against a cliff wall. It worked out so seamlessly smooth, so shiny and chrome, what a glorious explosion of red and flame it was!

[@eeemistr7237]

Play only using the realistic in the car view at steering wheel ,drive and shoot out of your windows is so much better than the chase view.

[@heimvar]

@@eeemistr7237 wait what this is an option?!

[@wyoplays]

I forgot to add chapters when I released this. Thats been fixed now, for those that want to breeze through a bit faster.

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

the most hateful thing about this game, which is not alone in this sin.. is wasting my time thinking my choices and actions will matter and they dont.. this is the WORST sin a game can commit.. if you want me to play out a pre scripted story line. thats fine.. that can work.. but when i spend hours playing a game making decisions based on an outcome im working towards, and the game just cut-scenes you into choices and endings you would have never actually made. its frustrating. most especially when the ending they force on you, fits NONE of your behavior patterns or goals. especially when many of these forced choices could have been solved by max or other characters. just explaining themself. a game whose story elements rely too heavily on the characters lack of communication is lazy writing.. such a fun game with such poor writing..

[@taniaflemming7751]

hi

[@loganguy2155]

I’ve never seen your channel before and saw you thumbnail🙌🏽 hands down, looks great honestly, for a channel with nearly 23k subscribers your quality and content is very impressive. I high hopes for your channel and wish good health.

[@Void_Ghost_Beelz]

@@loganguy2155bro same! I saw a Duck with Max body and a shotgun and was like “yep, imma watch that shit”

[@taniaflemming7751]

do u like mad max:)

[@stunthumb]

Some of us are still out there in the wasteland, waiting patiently on some sort of sequel, prequel, whateverthefkuel. I loved the game, it's about as much fun as you can have in a gritty surivival environment. My playthrough was bugged though, otherwise I would have 100% everything. We still have hope for a sequel, good things sometimes survive years of bad taste.

[@theRPGmaster]

Yes, we're waiting!

[@justinjames965]

I loved this game too. There's no such thing as a perfect game, they all have plot holes and glitches, because they're just games and this was a great game mechanics and game play wise.

[@cobrakaicyberdon]

Yes I want to 100% it but I blew up the kaboom buggy with the dog in it, and although the dog is bk at the base, evrytime I leave in the buggy to clear mines, the dog won't come with me. So I can't get each territory to 0. I've done 190 hrs, but them bloody mines I cannot find. So im atm just riding around the mine area and blowing myself up each mine and it's tedious as fk, but I'm determined to 100% the game. I've done everything else apart from the mines. Other than that glitch with the dog. It's a 10 outta 10 game for me.

[@fricreepermc7520]

this was personally my favorite ever game. i just wish it was longer

[@nosnebsnikwah1839]

Same dude! I was just playing it an hour ago when I saw this video come up haha

[@brandonthomas6602]

I have 2,600 hours in this game on steam I never beat it I just drive and sometimes I take in the sights I just wish there were different skins for max and maybe if you could upgrade the car that would be nice but I haven’t done the story yet idk

[@vellinghem2187]

It may have been an under the radar game but I loved every minute of it! One of my favorites too.

[@HBSDU54]

​@@brandonthomas6602You mean 260 hours, right ?

[@theRPGmaster]

@@brandonthomas6602 You can upgrade the car, and customize max a bit. The scenery is the best part of it though, I agree.

[@jeremynelson2773]

Maybe my standards are low, but I was blown away by this game, loved it. Really want a sequel.

[@Montross]

yeah your standars are low, maybe youi just were really really really young whilst playing this game.

[@leonardodavid4670]

@@Montross Youre just a little duuumm kid.

[@zachall101]

@@leonardodavid4670so the game FORCES you multiple times to DOWNGRADE your car to progress through the game…..it tries to forces a female character that nobody cares for or asked for on you….. when you finally upgrade your car fully….THERE IS NOTHING FOR YOU TO DO IN THE GAME ANYMORE 😂😂there was potential in the game BUT IT FAILED HORRIBLY, says on the game screen that there is dlc…. BUT IT WAS NEVER MADE so why is it on the game menu 🤦‍♂️COMPLETELY USELESS

[@Clapperofcheeks5000]

It was a good game . Kiddiewinkles nowadays are spoiled

[@DomStronger]

@@Montrossplaying it now and I love every single minite

[@lekdenwimkida]

I played this game for 176hrs and loved almost every hour. It's 100% one of the best games I've played ever.

[@roger5555ful]

Same,theres someting about the game that makes me came back to it every year

[@ParzivalKings]

Ditto! Good times

[@RainytheNB]

The engine sounds really are the best in gaming. The way the engines rev, the way each motor for the magnum opus has a really distinct tone and feel really sells the car customization. As a massive car lover these are the best engines you will ever find in a game. Second would be how nicely the game progresses. You start with nothing, and a simple scout buggy can wreck you and the magnum opus, but by the end of the game you are a death-dealing war machine with flamethrowers and grappling hooks that topple camps and wrecks convoys of armed vehicles. The story is not liked by some, but others, like me, LOVE IT. Max really is an animal in the game, and his failure to protect the family he only briefly had in the game really drives the knife of loosing his first family even deeper, so he kills scrotus in a blind rage, also killing chum in the process, and continues his insane quest towards the plains of silence in a desperate attempt to find peace. But, when we reach max in fury road (the game is absolutely a sequel to thunderdome therefore sits just before fury road. fight me), his experience with furiosa and the wives makes him want to turn back, because max finally knows how to protect the people around him. And he finally gets his redemption when the wives and furiosa make it back safe to the citadel, and he walks off to wander the wastes, satisfied. the game really does add weight behind max's decision to turn away from the plans of silence. The environtment is top notch too. the way they make a dozen+ regions each feel distinct and populate it with many distinct groups of people really is awesome. in the words of george miller (paraphrased): "It's all a bunch of nothing, but you have to have dozen varieties of nothing". the game really gets this right. in other words THE STORY OF THIS GAME IS AMAZING AND PERFECTLY WORKS WITH THE GREATER ARC OF MAX'S STORYLINE!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dylansmit3883]

Apart from the fact the V6 sounds like a high revving V8 and the V8 Interceptor sounds like a low revving V6. They really messed that up.

[@theranger1304]

Also some of the best vehicle destruction and explosions in gaming history.

[@elfappo9330]

For a long time I couldn't quite put my finger on the reason why the driving in this felt so good to me. Turns out it's the sound design. Those sounds just make everything feel right.

[@cavalr1002]

I would personally say the ending is perfect. Because all of us have always known Mad Max as being alone on the road. Like all the other stories with him, it always ends up with him continuing his journey alone. While for a modern audience who has not watched all the movies, the ending would be very confusing yes. Max does not get his happy ending Because this ending has not happened yet. Sure, good and bad things might happen to him on the way, but his story is not done yet.

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

disagree.. the ending was pointless and forced and as satisfying as a glass full of dust..

[@nmhjjp]

Disagree... the game has cool cars and im not from the UK or gay (same thing tbh) so i dont care about the story of a game... i just want to kill things and have a cool car.

[@tfordham13]

Disagree the game is non canon so it could have had a good ending

[@saphinadarkness2502]

@@ripvanwinkle2002 it wasnt meant to be satisfying. Quite the contrary

[@gimmeyourrights8292]

​@@tfordham13 That goes against the Mad Max tradition.

[@afoxinaviators4105]

My favorite part of this game was the little cutscenes with the Griffa. Something about the gravelly-smooth voice, the mysterious way he talks, and the fact that it's never truly explained who he is (or even if he's real)... I love that sort of stuff. He's like a less malicious version of Gaunter O'Dimm from The Witcher 3.

[@Hawk7886]

How can a voice be gravelly and smooth?

[@afoxinaviators4105]

@@Hawk7886 It isn't gravelly enough to be hoarse, but it isn't normal enough to sound... Normal.

[@KeeganYF12]

The mission to the Underdune is also my favorite part of the game. Something I saw on the subreddit for this game is speedrunning to get the V8, which means your car is very underleveled for the entire game up to that point. It's really fun.

[@zagstrukk]

Yeah but that race is fuckin horrid since you have almost nothing

[@GenuineGuitar56]

Gotta try that now

[@VerdeMorte]

Just so you know, the Interceptor flipping end over end while they're dancing is the *EXACT* same crash as what happens in Fury Road's beginning. And then Max meets a War Boy named Scab, who's giving you his blood, which is fed into Nux later when Max gets captured after the crash in Fury Road.

[@revan6920]

holy fuck, even though the game isn't canon but damn there are some hints of details that fit the both together, credit to you for finding that out, absolutely mind blowing

[@VerdeMorte]

@revan6920 It was supposed to be canon, Glory's flashback scene got deleted from Fury Road, and Hope's role was cancelled mid casting. You can still pull up the scene online...

[@eddiekaspbrak4624]

@@VerdeMorteDo you know if the deleted scenes are on KZbin?

[@VerdeMorte]

@@eddiekaspbrak4624 The intro dehydrated hallucination scene was kept, but there's one more during the scene where he's hanging from the War Rig by an ankle and Slit almost kills him with his own "Black on Black" Interceptor converted "Razor Cola." They are all snippet parts of a larger deleted scene(s).

[@LiberNull777]

For me ending is perfect... typical "Mad Maxish soured" like in movies. And game is showing that Interceptor is inseparable from Max...Every time when is destroyed its coming back to life.

[@Some-random-dudez]

I know that’s true but he killed my boy chumbucket which is unforgivable

[@thecourticaljester9152]

I think the archangels in this game COULD’VE been more interesting/useful if they provided unique stats or effects you couldn’t find on a personal/custom Magnum Opus. For example: an archangel with high defense that wouldn’t hamper the acceleration of the vehicle too much in the same way heavy amounts of normal car armor would. Edit: I think it would’ve been nice if they also allowed you to redo outposts and conveys to give the game more replay value after it’s over- getting more use out of your beefed up Magnum Opus.

[@NoFriendLikeJesus]

That's a good idea for the arch-angels. Wish we could ahve upgraded some of the collectible enemy cars just a bit too.

[@lukefed]

sometimes life gives you little reasons to celebrate and gives you an hour video from your favorite creator

[@badmanPL]

It's always amazing to come across a game that you can't seem to put down, and this is one of those games for me. The world is so immersive and the gameplay is just so good that I don't mind spending hours upon hours exploring every nook and cranny. The graphics are truly stunning, and I'm surprised that they haven't received more recognition in reviews. The developers have done a fantastic job at optimizing the game, making it run smoothly on any machine. Although it might not have received the attention it deserved, I can say with confidence that this game is a must-play for anyone who loves a good adventure.

[@DamonFrancia2005]

The hallucination with Hope would've been much more beautiful and meaningful if they gave her more screentime, along with more time with Max. That's all they needed to do. Edit: Man the Magnum Opus had a bigger V8 than the XB Interceptor. 429CI over 351, and the Interceptor made nearly 700bhp (600hp to the wheels roughly translates to around 700 based on an FR layout), partly thanks to NOS woven into the fuel mixture. That's the spec in the first movie, and it's been years of decay ever since 1984 or 1985, as the first Mad Max takes place in the 80's. As much as I love the funny Aussie Falcon (like, A LOT), I agree that with funny duckman when he points out the problems with sacrificing the Opus.

[@FrankoIsLucki]

700bhp? I though it made less like around 500 considering that in the first movie it had a xbgt v8 and a supercharger or at least how I remember it look like

[@DamonFrancia2005]

@@FrankoIsLucki When the Interceptor is first introduced in the first movie, Barry the mechanic states that it makes 600 horsepower to the wheels. With FR cars that roughly translates to 700bhp when the calculations are done

[@FrankoIsLucki]

@klyvemercado2001 I don't remember that so idk still tho that's alot

[@FrankoIsLucki]

@klyvemercado2001 only thing I dont agree with is that u said sacrificing magnum was bad. I get it in a game perspective but in the story it makes sense like that weird tripping cutseen it has alot of meaning behind it as mutch as Max tries that car still has a hold on him as if his fate is to be a straw dog wandering around with no owner going place to place and well just like dinki di at the start of the game get used and then tossed back to wandering around so I like the ending specifically when Max closes his eyes and looks up as he revs his eninge knowing he can't escape from the black on black he know the Plains of Silence don't exist. Or maybe I'm just reading to mutch into it

[@DamonFrancia2005]

@@FrankoIsLucki damn that do be a good way to put it though

[@Shishomuru]

This game was so under rated, Mad Max absolutely slapped and i love every minute of it. I just wish the exploration was a little bit more rewarding, otherwise its a dope as hell experience I'd recommend to anyone who wants a unique take on the Arkam style games.

[@AlwaysSullied]

Fun fact, you can play this game as a Car First Person Shooter, which makes the car combat even more insane.

[@Billy-bc8pk]

Yeah I'm shocked he didn't mention how awesome the first-person is, especially using the shotgun while in first-person.... it hits so hard!

[@WormsMaster100]

@@Billy-bc8pk THE GAME HAS FIRST PERSON?!

[@Billy-bc8pk]

@@WormsMaster100 Yeah and it's awesome. Just too bad that it doesn't work well with force feedback steering wheels. I tried some software to get it to work and it sort of does, but then you can't use the controller if you do.

[@SexyRexy4Life]

@@WormsMaster100double-tap down on the d-pad when behind the wheel

[@Jammer958]

This game is truly breath-taking, even now I still go back to play it now even if I've gotten quite far in the game I still start from the beginning to experience it all again just like the first time it never gets old. Every collectible is amazing to collect once again no matter how far out of the way they are, the titles are a joy to achieve again, I'm unsure if I'm the only one who enjoys doing this. Also the single fact the game takes place in an apocalyptic Australia just makes it enjoyable for an aussie myself. If the world ever fell into apocalypse THIS is how i want AUS to be.

[@theRPGmaster]

You're not alone. It's one of my favorite games of all time, probably #1. I love the Australian wilderness, need to visit someday.

[@Funky_Astroman]

Definitely not alone homie on my 5th play through now and still feels like the first time 😂

[@yaboijinkies336]

I thought it takes place in San Francisco, correct me if I’m wrong but can’t you find the Golden Gate Bridge in the sandy dune area, I think it’s been a while since I’ve been there but I know for sure I saw the Golden Gate Bridge

[@Dave_Dot_Executable]

I'm on my second playthrough right now, just got the buggy and dog yesterday.

[@thecoolestofthe834s2]

@@yaboijinkies336 aussie clone of the bridge made by the same building company

[@Skidtire]

Loved the game, more sad they didn't do more with it or produce a sequel to it, endless hours of fun playing it.

[@RoosTerJunkyard]

The finale is beautiful.... beautiful for a mad max story. He is a character that always leaves us perplexed. He could have his happy ending but he doesn't want it .He continues to move forward with the traumas of him trying to do the best he can.

[@PrestonLK]

Loved playing this back in the day, glad to see a video that lays out the good and bad so well

[@chazzcoolidge2654]

The overall "weight" of the hand to hand and car combat is what sold me on this game. Every punch and slam feels significant.

[@TheLoneWolfITA]

Maaan what a game.... Even if it became a separate project from the sequel/reboot that was the last movie, it was still a real underrated banger.

[@silkpursuit]

Can tell this video is gonna blow up, i just replayed this game for the first time since 2015 out of pure nostalgia and seeing a video essay pop up about it that was three days old was perfect, the algorithm is always watching you. Seriously though, great video kept me entertained even if i didn't agree with everything.

[@landsknecht_voran]

This game has one of the best graphics I've seen in a game. It also follows the same artstyle, so everything feels right. Sound design was good too. I think just adding random groups of cars going on missions would add some hours to the game because you could just destroy them, and it's fun

[@shawnadams1965]

Man I had forgotten about the crazy cutscene with the "wedding"... I love this game but after finishing it with close to 100% I never felt like going back to it. I felt its story was done.

[@whyisyoutubemakingmeuseana7875]

I actually really loved my play through of this game. The combat felt really good and heavy. The story was gritty and left you feeling frustrated like you’re right back at the start. Exactly like how the movies felt. You’re never able to settle down. Just have to keep moving forwards. Nothings for certain

[@Bug-Intercourser]

the devs easily could've changed the story at the end to be about the plains of silence, where Max finally makes his way through the ocean floor, or finds peace in death

[@3N2sw]

I bought the game a few years ago. Beat it twice and is still a go to from time to time.

[@brickbraker5033]

i mean for the scrap crew they still could have had passive income , sure you wont earn offline but while your playing you could still get a bunch and they could have had it so that when you upgrade the scrap piles you get a bonus of scrap along with your passive income

[@jeffh9272]

man, i would LOVE another mad max game. this game was so fun to play when i was little. def one of my favs for the time

[@DatAnnexGuy]

It's nuts yet awesome that this game somehow always gets talked about & exposed to new people. Especially for how old it is.

[@Echoinspace992]

Bruh, just want to say that intro earned a quick like. good work on the edits dude now let me continue

[@masterofthelag8414]

Like, maybe it's not too on form for the series but-here's an alternate ending. Max doesn't sacrifice the Opus, he can see the rig is going over that cliff whether he does anything or not. Instead, the interceptor still emerges, and you have to fight it with the Opus. You manage to disable, but not destroy it, have the fight on foot which you again win. And Max gives the Opus to Chum Bucket. The two get to make their journey, with both cars, leading off into... who knows, maybe a sequel, maybe a movie tie in, whatever. Maybe it's a bit sappy for the series but honestly, it's not really cannon anyway so what does it matter and it'd give the player the feeling that they actually achieved something.

[@saphinadarkness2502]

Well, the point is that Max doesnt get a happy ending and that hes not achieveing anything. Hes not someone that gets good things happen to him. That ending would be a perfect outcome of things and thats the polar opposite of mad maxs idea

[@----.__]

A better ending would be when the Interceptor emerges it mates with the Opus and they make baby Opusceptors that have the W16 engine from the Bugatti Veyron.

[@thicboibigsmoke7220]

I think mad max is my comfort game. I catch myself just booting up the game and driving around the abandoned locations, like the airport, just… taking screenshots. It’s an utterly stunning game, and it fills me with a melancholy I can’t describe. Everything is just so…quiet and empty in some places. I think it’s one of my favourite games ever, and If I knew how to do KZbin stuff, I’d LOVE to make a video on my exact feelings with this game

[@jailcatjones3250]

Got this game on sale for $8, i felt guilty for cheating the devs. This was a game i really liked, loved the brutal and visceral batman melee combat

[@jerretteford1535]

It's funny cause in the cutscene early in the game where Max is spotting the camp where the Interceptor is you can see them taking off the front bumper and fuel tanks.

[@chloemackinly6762]

I don't like the ending as much as the next person, but I think it works for the character. In every movie Max ends with less than he started with

[@HaykInWonderland]

Then this story is a win for Max cause he still has his car, jacket, and sawed off 😊

[@sweet-lara]

I've heard so little about this game, that to this point i had completely forgot about it, and maybe would not even remember if not for this video. You literally made me relieve such an beautiful memory of playing this, i had a blast on it. The feeling of the car combat i compare to the same feeling i had when being chased by the police in the old Need for Speed games.

[@jblockman_59nunyabidnis68]

You know ironically I actually liked the really weird fever dream sequence, because it's perfectly encapsulates the thought process of someone who has completely lost their mind.

[@danielblues222]

44:44 now that I think of it How badass would it be if the final boss ends on us battling the interceptor with the Magnum opus I think it could show how far we came after Scrotus stripped everything from us

[@connorniece5323]

I will say, one of the small things I always loved about this game's combat was the fact that you and the opponents can interact with the walls! Instead of the animations just becoming janky because you're in a corner, it actively changes when you hit the wall. It just always added another level of realism and a kinda "crunch" to the combat that I wish more games would add in

[@Harbinger_of_nurgle]

I cannot state how much I appreciate you using megadeth in your introduction to Max's new car. It fit perfectly

[@jeremyhearne]

I have completed this game three times over, there is nothing I want more than a sequel to this game set in a different area

[@iuopunderstandyourjokes9914]

I just finished mad max 2 days ago. It seems like every time I finish mad max, some youtuber makes a video on it a few days later

[@JoelsCreed141]

I had so much fun playing this game, it was actually a gift from my Dad after we’d seen Fury Road. Despite its issues I would say the overall package is definitely worth experiencing, if it had ever gotten a sequel it could’ve been great

[@angryretrogamer7313]

Mad max is in my top 5 favorite games along side Days Gone and the last of us. I didn't like it at first but eventually tried it again and was blown away. It took me some time to get use to the car combat mechanics but once i did it was on. I couldn't put the controller down until the game was completed. I even skipped work to play it. Any video about mad max has my like but your video was particularly well done. Thanks

[@JCupgrade]

I played this game years ago while it was still on game pass and I cannot tell you how much fun I had. It was always great to turn a new settlement from a ruin to a fortress and kick a whole new type of ass at 120 miles per hour. Awesome to see it wasn’t just me imagining how good it was!

[@AWESOME2715]

This is such a well-made review/video. You deserve more followers and likes!!!

[@ElephantCages]

It even has 1st person mode while driving. Just tap down on the d pad twice quickly. It looks awesome!

[@lookout101]

Found the game during a sale, and since most of the games (even at the time) were mostly money grabbing trash i gave this one a go for 5€. Well what can i say.. played it several times. Finished it twice already. I guess all this apocalyptic wasteland vibe got me (feels as broken, but even grittier than fallout, which i'm a huge fan off (FO 1-4!). If you can grab it , give it a go.. it's great fun

[@yolobathsalts]

a p o k a l y t i c

[@lookout101]

@@yolobathsalts honest typo, thanks ;)

[@EddieOtool]

Man, I liked that game. Played it through twice, when I can count the games I finished in my time, but not those I played. Progression is very well paced; I always had a challenge up the difficulty I liked.

[@elkrueg3r]

6:13-8:15 HOLY SHIT that was such a cool use of that Megadeth song. The lyrics and game play fit so well together, awesome choice bro

[@psychokiller5959]

What song

[@jgaines4]

@@psychokiller5959 Gears of War

[@FitnessTips4Ux]

My favorite part about mad Max lore is that Max and everyone else his age canonically lived a normal modern life before the apocalypse. So basically the entire world in just a few years was like “f*ck it i’m gonna go nuts and worship cars and be a crazy barbaric bandit who kills indiscriminately.” I like to think these people were teachers and lawyers and stuff

[@stevenscott2136]

And the planet just suddenly decided, "we don't need all this water!". I'm thinking the world was hit by a neutron-star fragment that stuck -- the intense gravity somewhere has pulled the oceans away from Australia.

[@finnmccool5944]

It’s tragic that they never patched it because the fact that you can’t 100% the trophies/achievements turns a lot off from playing this gem

[@quarrena280c7]

You werent kidding i just bought the game …ive been playing everyday for about 5 hours each day for the past 4 days im not kidding when i say its definitely a good game i can feel that im gonna play the game multiple times

[@micahsnyder7299]

I wish more games had the level of impact this title does. I adore this game.

[@annihilator4413]

Alright so... Mad Max 2015 had great graphics, good vehicle combat, phenomenal environments, and a good progression system. But it also had a story that was spotty at best at some points, repetitive goals, and absolutely zero replayability after a certain point. Camps became tedious to clear because they eventually became samey near the end of the game, almost like the developers were being rushed to hell and gave up on a lot of game design towards the end of development, and when you clear a zone on the map, which lowers the threat level significantly, almost no enemies will spawn there. Like, you can drive around for an hour and run into MAYBE two cars. And there was no New Game + so you had to start from scratch every single time you wanted to replay the story. From personal experience, I cleared every zone on the map which caused issues. Once I did that, I couldn't complete some of my trophies and in-game objectives because there were literally no enemies spawning. No random patrols, no camps, nothing. I would have had to make a new save to complete those objectives/trophies so I decided 'Fuck it' and uninstalled it. Plus the story was pretty depressing. Like, I get it. Mad Max is always in torment. But they totally could have given the guy a break this time at least.

[@ahotmic]

Fucking love this game! I remember the reviews - one criticized the collection of scrap as a currency lamenting the practicalities of having to carry such a heavy load (owning an entire armory in Skyrim or GTA was apparently fine) - there was certainly a disparity between what the critics wrote versus the appreciation by the gaming community - those who were lucky enough to play it anyway.

[@reapercult7971]

playing this games years ago was such a great experience. i even have the little toy car from the preorder. so many memories

[@daviper1568]

Dude thank you for talking about this awesome game this was my first game on Xbox one and it was an amazing guzoline filled experience.

[@zacht9447]

This game is gonna be nostalgic for a long time for me because i played it during my freshman year of college.

[@raph121]

I have always love this game but when it was released my PC was not good enough. So I only did it last year and what an handsome game with this issues more over you can get it for only a few bucks. Thank you for the video 👍

[@raph121]

I apologize for my english, I am french

[@JimsRavioli]

I just bought and beat the game last month. It's always on sale. And for like 5 dollars too. Even not on sale, it's like 20 dollars. And its worth every penny of 5 and 20 dollars

[@ExplizitDuester]

I played Mad Max for a couple hundred hopurs when it came out, would have loved for it to have mod support to extend the replayability. Can't recommend it enough!

[@lekdenwimkida]

150+hrs of gameplay squad let's go!!!!

[@theRPGmaster]

It's a shame nobody has made any modding tools, I'd be making mods. I'm still not sure where to start, even though I'm a software developer.

[@ExplizitDuester]

@@theRPGmaster doesn't help that the Game was Made for console and than adapted for PC. Most controls and menus work best with a controller. I think Mod support was never their intention. :(

[@theRPGmaster]

@@ExplizitDuester I played it for the first time on xbox. But games are developed on PCs, even console games. As for mod support, big companies don't want that, because it exposes the game files, they're afraid of piracy / "theft" of intellectual property.

[@ExplizitDuester]

@@theRPGmaster yes IT was obviously developed on a PC, but making the PC Version was an afterthought and the ui and controls feel more optimized for console/ playing with a controller.

[@crisrose9707]

I remember once watching a review about this game and hearing that "once you get the shotgun, melee is basically redundant and never used" so I played my entire run of the game without a shotgun (unless absolutely necessary or for awesome finishing combos). The melee combat is really good because as long as you hit the blocks you can never take damage! (snipers are extra fun to deal with though)

[@thecaravaneer9857]

I loved this game. It's one of the few games I 100% completed.

[@FischerFilmStudio]

This was one of the first games I ever got for the PS4 and I absolutely love it. The car combat feels so satisfying and the world building is superb. The Airport sequence alone is phenomenal.

[@centric3125]

I sincerely wish there was a sequek to this. Or even a franchise or development. 2015 may have veen slept on by other hits at the time and it may not be the greatest thing ever, but surely somerhing similar with improvements isn't too hard.

[@paganarh]

been thinking few months already to replay this game and you pushed me over the edge, cheers!

[@novarat4089]

I absolutely love this game, in my opinion its the biggest sleeper hit of the 2010s. So glad its starting to get more recognition

[@Michael-1337]

I have played this game from start to finish many times ever since it came out. It's a shame it never got the attention it deserved. I wish they would make a remaster or sequel.

[@cwmclips2867]

You can change to chumbuckets car with the dog to easily find all the mines. I did that for my playthroughs.

[@Dantonfall]

Man, this video really connected with me when I saw the giant "E" 5 seconds in

[@cvjunior0305]

This was lowkey one of my fav games to go and mess around in, sucks it never got any love after release

[@theRPGmaster]

I've loved it, and always will!

[@robertblackburn752]

Keep hearing the complaints that it’s a bit repetitive…. All games are repetitive, it’s how a game works. To me what makes a game stand out is the gameplay , the story, the combat and the graphics. All of which Mad Max has in spades of excellence. Damn! I’m going to have to play this game again now, that’ll be my fifth play through. And I’ll love it like it the first time.

[@Jawsofhana]

It's a singleplayer game. It was released. That's what happened. Sure, it's an okay game, but nothing 'happened' to it.

[@valyshknee4203]

tbh a thing i will never forget from this game was its amazing combay, sure there were games that had similair things but never to this scale, it was perfect and it felt good to be chased around by a group of enemy vehicles only to epicly take them out one by one while also keeping eyes on the road so you didn't crash into anything, the water and fuel system was smart too as it basically forced you to find fuel and water, attack bases for fuel and water, or take it from enemy vehicles which had the chance of having a gas canister in the back, i personally never ran out of fuel as i really dreaded that and what i would do if that happened, but that's a good thing, it kept me from driving too far, and it pushed me to attack bases to loot them for fuel, same for grinding, to lvl up you had to take out bases in certain provinces of the map,

[@markuss4342]

quamk

[@bonibaeza]

Agreed

[@PloscaruDavid]

@@bonibaeza quamk

[@j3dwin]

This is my favorite game. 23 play-throughs and counting. I never get tired of it. And the voice actor for Chumbucket did an outstanding job.

[@matodragonespor5000]

Chumbucket: -Gives Max a new car and helps him modify it in exchange of nothing. -Supports Max with the secondary weapons and keeping the car repaired -Helps Max get in contact with some of the main leaders of the Wasteland -Calls him Saint and spends the whole time telling everyone how awesome Max is Max: -Implies that he's going to take the car and abandon Chumbucket -Completely and unnecessarily destroys the car and lets Chumbucket die

[@happygoat4648]

first off, real good video, I loved the game so much, one of my favourite youtuber actually made a playthrough back when it was released and I never tought the game had been judged so harshly cause he loved it and it was the most popular playtrough of his channel at the time. The fun, the scale, the scarcity of ressource, the feeling of growing slowly stronger, the goddamn sounds of the engines, the hand to hand takedowns that felt so brutal, it's a gem. It might get boring once you finished all the side quest cause fighting occurs seldomly, but the adventure is worth the time. Tough, for me the game is completly set in the same universe as the movie, for me the game is a prequel: at the beggining of the movie the interceptor has the same external fuel tanks that you get at the end of the game, you visit petrotown, wich often referred in the movie, the bullet farm isn't seen nor in the movie nor the game but both refers it, I even believe that there is some reference to immortan joe in the game. For me all of this proves tht after venturing in the big nothing for days, max ran out fuel and the movie begins with him taking a leak, effectively making the game a prequel to the movie. Also, why would they stick so much to the imagery of the movie (spiked beetle cars, white painted dudes with stick that explodes, big fucking trucks (you cans see a warbringer in a tunnel in the game, exact same one as in the movie)) if not to connect the two? Anyway, good video and heckin great game that cost nothing nowadays, jump on it if you see it!

[@TheKromusDevice]

I just wish we could have had a Mad Max game based more on Road Warrior or MM1, Fury Road was good but just too much suspension of disbelief. Road Warrior felt like a real world scenario, gasoline was more valuable than life itself, even water was practically non existent by then. The cars ranged from dune buggies, to muscle cars, to motorbikes, and the only way you survive is keeping that vehicle running at all costs. The outfits were scraps and sports gear. Weaponry was reduced to at best crossbows, with maybe the rare gun here and there. Now in Fury Road, we have giant fortresses with powered water falls, monster trucks fitted with dual V8's, guns and explosive spears, entire armies worth of soldiers and cars with offroad kits.. It just ruined everything about the Mad Max universe. It's supposed to be a real world portrayal of a society that has collapsed and lead into nuclear wars and resource wars to the point where whatever survivors are left have become "every man for himself"... now there's mutants and monster trucks? Get outta here with that BS. Lord Hummongus was a good villain because he was just a man, a man that assembled many small gangs into one big gang to conquer the wasteland any way they needed to, to survive. Immortan Joe, is some geriatric dying old guy I'm just supposed to believe was somehow so powerful and influential he managed to build a fortress full of garages, training regiments, loyal soldiers, and again some sort of artificial switch operated waterfall thing - all of that inside some desert plateau - in a world where a wood splinter can kill you from infection.

[@randyjenkins4289]

This game needs a sequel and a prequel. I wish it would've ended with the lady, her daughter, chumbucket and the dog still being alive 😢😢😢

[@unnamedgreendemon3718]

I like to think that the plains of silence are simply desert plains but the only sound is the echo of your engine and the distant wind In the wasteland, you will always have gunfire screaming at the roar of war boy engines. But in the plains of silence there’s nothing.

[@BargainBinBandit1996]

You'll be happy to know that Scrotus is now cannon

[@gr0ssotron146]

8:21 A Fala """Este é meu, vocÊ vai ter que construir o seu próprio""" me pegou com força KKKKKKk

[@BnpB_22nd]

Top ten game of all time imo I revisit it at least once a year. Something about killing people with a car in post apocalyptic Australia hits different.

[@curbgrinder111]

I think I like this game more than you do, but I respect the hell out of your opinions. I think this game absolutely kicks ass. The world building is amazing, but I totally agree that the writing could have been tighter and more on line with the Mad Max "canon".